JOHN LANDRY, a well known farmer of Reseburg Township,
operating a farm of eighty acres in Section 7, which is one of the
finest farms in the township, was born at Bia Chaleur, Quebec,
Canada, Oct. 30, 1851, son of Peter and Orlea Landry, the parents
being of French origin. The father was a farmer by general
occupation, but also for a number of years carried the mail over
the stage coach line. He lived to the advanced age of 92, dying in
1906. He had survived his wife many years, her death having
occurred in 1865, when she was 52 years old. They had a family of
twelve children.

John Landry's
first industrial occupation was in the construction department of
the Canadian Pacific Railroad, and he worked along the whole line,
from ocean to ocean. In 1882 he came to Wisconsin and for ten years
worked for lumber concerns, among them being the Eau Claire Lumber
Company. Then in 1892 he came to Reseburg Township, Clark County,
and bought 120 acres of land, of which his present farm is a part.
At the time it was wild land and, like other early settlers, he
first erected a modest dwelling and barn. As the years went by he
cleared and improved his farm and has continued to do so until now
he has a model establishment that is one of the show places of the
township. His land is all cleared except fifteen acres and the
buildings are of the best construction and kept in excellent
condition.

In 1912 Mr.
Landry built a new brick residence of ten rooms and bath, with
other modern conveniences, and in 1914 a modern barn, 40 by 80
feet, with running water, and stalls for eighteen head of cattle,
two box stalls and six horse stalls. His cattle are of the Holstein
breed, of which he milks seventeen cows. In 1916 he built a
seventy-ton silo. Mr. Landry was elected township clerk in 1891 and
served in that office for sixteen years.

He is a member of
the Catholic Church. On Nov. 15, 1888, Mr. Landry was united in
marriage with Dora Oesau, who was born at New Holstein, Wis., Jan.
23, 1861, daughter of Tjark and Margaret (Weber) Oesau. Her parents
were natives of Germany. The father, a farmer, died in 1911, aged
76 years, and his wife in 1894 at the age of 59. There were eleven
children in their family. Mr. and Mrs. Landry are the parents of
four children: Wallace J., born Dec. 12, 1889, who is principal of
the public school at Alma, Wis. Howard, born May 11, 1891, now
attending the Northwestern Dental College at Chicago Harry, born
March 14, 1893 and Belle, born April 9, 1895, who is a school
teacher in Reseburg Township. All the children have a good
education and have taught school.

John
Landry's Farm Home in 1915.

In 1895
he was a Camp Laborer and within twenty years, he was an
Independent Farmer.

This Photo was published in Granton News 1915, "Celebration of
Clark County's first 50 years".